{"id":503834,"date":"2026-07-01T03:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T03:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/503834\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T03:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T03:38:10","slug":"super-rugby-competition-changes-confirmed-for-2027-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/503834\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Rugby: Competition changes confirmed for 2027 season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Super Rugby Pacific chief executive Jack Mesley said the new format will help create more meaningful moments and maximise the competition window.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to have developed a structure that pushes the limits of our competition window to deliver more games and give every fan more opportunities to see their favourite teams in action,\u201d Mesley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, our new-look Finals Series ensures teams will be more desperate than ever to finish in the top two to secure a week off, and the top four to host a home Final, while every Finals game will be a genuine do-or-die contest on the road to the championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe introduction of the Anzac Bledisloe<\/a> to our calendar will help ensure every match means more, with Test jerseys up for grabs from the moment we kick off in February.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re already looking forward to the storylines, drama and excitement that this new structure will help deliver for Super Rugby Pacific in 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2027 Super Rugby Pacific grand final is scheduled for Saturday, June 26.<\/p>\n

New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Lancaster had previously confirmed that players selected for the All Blacks as part of the Anzac Day Bledisloe Cup tests will miss the preceding round of Super Rugby<\/a> matches.<\/p>\n

Lancaster also said the Anzac weekend would be a full bye round for the competition and the players would be released immediately back to their squads after the test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Super Rugby Pacific chief executive Jack Mesley said the new format will help create more meaningful moments and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[18516,696,4500,4596,2223,84430,49640,2082,71,8454,151300,16507,111,139,1536,69,13572,12062,6327,6926,213,313,379],"class_list":["post-503834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-18516","tag-announced","tag-changes","tag-competition","tag-confirmed","tag-expanded","tag-finals","tag-for","tag-from","tag-including","tag-loser","tag-lucky","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-next","tag-nz","tag-pacific","tag-removal","tag-rugby","tag-season","tag-sports","tag-super","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}